# How did you find the Dope? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-dope/354459 "2006-04-27T15:35:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-dope/354459/61 "2006-04-29T16:04:39Z")
Way back when, I was a mod at Triviana on AOL. The Dope would come up in conversation, so I went over and lurked. When the Dope moved to the Web I signed up. As you can see, I still mainly lurk now, too. ---
**Author:** ![Webner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@Webner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Webner)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-dope/354459/62 "2006-04-29T22:05:56Z")
I found the link for the Straight Dope on [bored.com](http://bored.com), then spent hours browsing Cecil’s archives. For years, I visited [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) every day to read the column. About two years ago, I noticed the “message board” button for the first time, and found another source of interesting debate and information. I lurked almost daily until finally joining a few weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-dope/354459/63 "2006-04-30T07:57:39Z")
I saw the SDMB mentioned on the CBC boards a few years back. Came over to check it out and was immediately hooked. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-dope/354459/64 "2006-05-01T13:53:58Z")
Haphazardly I came accross one of Cecil’s brilliantly humorous answers. Got hooked. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-dope/354459/65 "2006-05-01T17:26:55Z")
You know Ray Owens? He’s the guy that’s responsible for the emailing. He runs a site called [www.jokeaday.com](http://www.jokeaday.com) and used to link to tha Dope. (Ray may have studied snarkiness from the Master.) I came once or twice, then discovered the archives. I worked my way through most of those, then sort of stuck around for a while reading the new columns. I never bothered with the MB until I read the threadspotting about the infamous Marianas Trench visit. I was hooked. (You may have heard that, although man has been to the surface of the moon 6 times, we have only been to the bottom of the Marianas Trench once, in the 1960’s, and only for about 20 minutes…) I couldn’t believe that there was this place where people were allowed, nay, required even, to have as bad a sense of humor as I do. This place even encourages (somewhat / sometimes) intelligent debate and exchange of ideas. And to think, if I hadn’t read that thread, I would have never fathomed that such a place would exist; I would have never plumbed its depths to … … … damn; I was going for something thick and lost it. Nevermind. 😉 I will say it load and proud: I need my DOPE! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-find-the-dope/354459.md?page=3)